Bag-holder



' (No Model.)

I. WEAVER.

BAG 1101 1133. No. 384,104. Patented June 5, 1888.

WITNESSES. INVENTOR.

, ydac UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

1sAAo H. WEAVER, on TOLEDO, OHIO.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,104, dated June 5, 1888. I Application filed January 3, 1888. Serial No. 259,734. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC H. WEAVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, Lucas county, Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bag- Holders, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to and its object is to providea strong light cheap bag-holder, and more particularly to furnish an efficient and convenient device for attaching the bag to the holder and detaching the same therefrom. I attain these objects by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, made part hereof, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my device; Fig. 2, part of the same, showing fastening mechanism in different positions; Fig. 3,a sectional plan of fastening mechanism with part of bag in place ready to be fastened,'and Fig. 4 same with bag fastened.

My bag-holder consists of a frame of stout stiff wire.

A is a hoop, which is placed, in the usual manner, within the mouth of the bag to keep it open.

B is half a hoop, attached to hoop A by means of braces b b and loops in the wire. Wire B is provided with loop 0, by which the holder may be suspended from a hook while the bag is being filled.

Hoop A and piece B are provided with loops as x, which receive the two ends of open V-shaped swivel D,which rotates horizontally between pieces A and B. Swivel D is provided with handle or lever d, by means of which the swivel may be given a half-turn either to the right or left. The projecting end b of one'of the braces 12 forms a catch, which holds lever d in place after the bag is gripped to the holder.

The operation of my device is as follows: Hoop A is placed within the mouth of the bag. Lever d is thrown to the right,as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The bag is drawn tightly around the hoop, and the slack of the mouth of the bag is gathered by the handinto a single bight ,or fold, e, which is drawn in through the opening in swivel D,Fig. 3. Handle or lever 11 is now given a half-turn to the left and is locked in place by slipping or springing it over projection 12', the swivel in its half-turn catching and holding fold or bight e tightly between the bag and one of the arms of swivel D, as shown in Fig. 4. The bag is thus stretched tightly around the hoop and is held open and prevented from slipping ofi' until lever d is released.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a bag-holder, the combination of the frame wit-h the open swivel an ever, sub-' stantially as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

ISAAG H. WEAVER. \Vitnesses:

J AMEs H. EMERY, H. W. BROWN. 

